G0970: Parent-Branch Relationship
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Data from CMS inspection reports (Form 2567), 2018-01-02 to 2026-10-15, downloaded 2026-10-21; CMS agency list file dated 2026-09-21. CMS source file. What the labels mean
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Ro Health, LLC
No longer in CMS listThe home health agency did not limit services within their licensed geographical service area (GSA) for 6 of 10 sampled patients.
Help at Home Inc
No longer in CMS listThe agency failed to ensure the parent location provided direct control and supervision over all of its branches for 1 of 1 agencies reviewed.
Amedisys Home Health
The agency failed to ensure the lines of authority and professional and administrative control were clearly delineated in the agency's organizational structure for 1 of 1 home health agency.
Advisacare
The agency failed to ensure their locations identified as "drop sites" did not have staff assigned to these locations, advertise them as a part of the HHA or operate them in any other way as branches of the HHA for 3 of 4 locations in the Northwest Michigan Region.
Accentcare Home Health of Virginia
The agency failed to maintain operations at the branch locations to include regular staffing in two (2) of three (3) branch offices.
Unitypoint at Home
The home health agency failed to disclose to the State Agency the agency's use of a branch office to serve the needs of their patients.
Hunt Country Health Services
No longer in CMS listThe Governing Body failed to inform Medicare (CMS) and the State Survey Agency that their current branch location is not operational.